Nepal Police arrest man with 88 kg gold

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Nepal Police has arrested a man with 88 kilograms of gold worth more than Rs. 26 crore. It is perhaps the biggest gold seizure in Nepal.

In a press release police has said that illegal gold was recovered from a car in the wee hours of Monday from Chettrapati area of Kathmandu.

According to preliminary investigation the gold was brought into the capital via Kerung checkpoint of Rasuwa district bordering Tibet.

Last week also police had seized 15 kg gold and arrested seven persons in connection with the smuggling. It was also transported to the Kathmandu valley through the same checkpoint. The gold seized in both these incidents was kept for smuggling to India.